Anyway, hopefully Rodriguez appeals, he plays for a couple of months, and then faces justice in the offseason. Doing these suspensions in the middle of the season has simply kicked up a total storm of backlash against players and officials, it's a distraction to the "entertainment" part of the game, and it takes a lot of the enjoyment out of baseball. Of course, with a legacy of steroid indifference on the line, Bud Selig appears prepared to do anything as long as he can change his reputation before his 2014 retirement.